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- 97% of the world’s water is either salty or otherwise undrinkable.
- 2% of the world’s water is locked in glaciers and icecaps
- 1% of the world’s water is available for all of humanity’s needs
- 75% of the human brain is made up of water
- 83% of human blood consist of water
- One trillion (1,000,000,000,000) tons of water is evaporated each day by the sun
- In a one hundred year period, the amount of time spent in the ocean by the average water molecule : 98 years
- In a one hundred year period, the amount of time spent as ice by the average water molecule : 20 months
- In a one hundred year period, the amount of time spent in lakes and rivers by the average water molecule : 2 weeks
- In a one hundred year period, the amount of time spent in the atmosphere by the average water molecule : 1 weeks
- Amount of time that groundwater, once polluted, can remain polluted: several thousand years
- Number of the earth’s people that must walk at least three hours to obtain drinking water: One Billion (1,000,000,000)
- Number of the world’s population with no access to safe and adequate water supply: 1.5 billion
- Average Annual Rainfall in T & T: 2200mm
- Gallons of water produced by one inch of rain falling on one acre of land: 27,500 gallons
- World population 200 years ago: 1 billion (1,000,000,000)
- World population today: 6 billion (6,000,000,000)
- World population by 2025: 8 billion (8,000,000,000)
- Increase in available water during that time period: 0
- If present water consumption patterns continue, fraction of the Earth’s population that will be living in water-stressed conditions by the year 2025: Two persons in three (5.3 billion)
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